Konrad Zuse
You could say I was too lazy to calculate, so I invented the computer.
It is not true that virtually all news in a totalitarian state is false.
I have always had a predominantly visual approach to my environment.
The danger of computers becoming like humans is not as great as the danger of humans becoming like computers.Collection: Becoming
The belief in a certain idea gives to the researcher the support for his work. Without this belief he would be lost in a sea of doubts and insufficiently verified proofs.Collection: Sea
I remember mentioning to friends back in 1938 that the world chess champion would be beaten by a computer in 50 years time. Today we know computers are not far from this goal.Collection: Years
The rattling of the relays of the Z4 was the only interesting thing to be experienced in Zurich's night life!Collection: Night
Of course, we knew that the official reports were sketchy, if not falsified. But, in terms of information theory, this is precisely where the problem lay: How were we to reconstruct reality from incomplete or false reports? It is not true that virtually all news in a totalitarian state is false. On the contrary, most news is completely correct, albeit tendentiously slanded; it is just that certain information is suppressed. One can adjust for the political slanting of the news, but there is virtually no way to fill in the omissions.Collection: Reality